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Mother–child health research (IRN‐MCH): Achievements and prospects of an international network
Author(s) -
Thé Guy,
Zetterström Rolf
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005.tb02019.x
Subject(s) - developing country , medicine , developed country , resource (disambiguation) , relevance (law) , public relations , economic growth , political science , environmental health , population , law , computer network , computer science , economics
The Inter‐Academy Panel (IAP) is critical about the scarce support to mother–child health (MCH) research in developing countries. At the request of the IAP, a group of members of the French and Swedish Academies of Science have arrived at the conclusion that an efficient network between scientists in resource‐poor and industrialized countries will facilitate MCH research in developing countries. The priorities for such a network have been listed as follows:The present organization for the MCH website at the Pasteur Institute in Paris should be adapted to better promote collaboration between scientists from industrialized and developing countries. To provide short‐term courses for young scientists from developing countries in the design of research protocols, and in the writing of scientific reports and manuscripts. To organize workshops on various topics of relevance for MCH in developing countries in order to create new research networks for scientific collaboration between industrialized and resource‐poor countries. To establish collaboration between non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that support MCH research in developing countries.Topics for such collaborative studies and the way in which they may be performed are summarized.